'Artisanal Logging' = Industrial Logging in Disguise

Publisher:
Greenpeace
Publication Date:
1 May 2012
Tags:
Central Africa, Environment, Sustainable Development

Greenpeace urges the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to cancel the artisanal permits that are being used for industrial logging operations, an illegal practice that clearly circumvents the moratorium on new industrial logging concessions.

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